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IMPROVEMENT. in LAMP-Bonuses.

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TOALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

-B e it known that we, CHsnLns'M.-MILES and Geenen W. REMSE, of Lincoln, in` the county of Sussex,

and State of Delaware, have invented a1 new and improved -Lamp-Burner; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable otherssk'illed in the art to make-arid 'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of' this`specication,;iu which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our improved lamp-burner.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal central sectionfof the same.

Figure 3 is 'a horizontal section of the same, tekenen the plane of A the line :z: fe, iig. 1.

'Figure 4 is a.horizontal section ofthe saaie,- takea on the plane of the line y y, g. 1.

Similar 'letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. K

This invention relates toa new burner for petroleum and other lamps, and consists, -first, i'nl the' arrangement of a turret betwee the cap and theordinary body of the burner, said turret' hhving holes,that.can beclosed by'a suitable sliding 'gatc,and through whichamatch maybe. applied to the wick for the purpose of lighting the lamp without removing theehim-ney.` I

. The ipventio-consis-ts scondrin arranging the'af'oresaid sliding gate inla'l cam-track, so that it cannet be spontaneously 'opeedby the jerkingmo'tionofrcars or vessels on which 'su-ch lamp may be held.'

The invention consists-, third,I in arrangingobelow the dead-air chamber, through which the wick-tube passes,

H'and inwrhich the fee'd-at'chet is arranged, and which -is lfully secluded 'from the reservoir belbw, andr'from the airl above, a perforated supporting-ring, through' thelarge holes `of which the reservoir`may 'be iilled, and in hav- .'ing small holes through this 'samel ring, to allow thel escape of 'gases from and the passage of air into the reservoir. .The said small holes are protected bya guard on the outside, whereby a flame or spurl: is prevented from A erasing the an.

A, in the drawing, represents the body part o f an ordinary or suitable lamp-burner. Through it pe'ss'es. thewi'ck-tube- B, as usual, and in it are the bearings for the ratchet-'shaft C; Above and helowthe ratchet-shaft are partitions across the body, which are either both, or atleast one, perfectly unperforated, so that no flame can. pass from the flame vabove into the reservoirbelow. lThe body A` carries a cylindrical or prismaticturret, D, on top of which the ordinary'cap E and the chimney-support are arranged,

-The turret D is perforated,l to allow the application, through the hole or holes, ,ofa match, so -that the lamp can be lighted without removing the chimney,` as indicated by. red .linesin ii'g. 2. The hole or holes in the turret can be olosedrby a sliding gate of'suitable4 constructionro'r a perforated ring, F, can be arranged around the turret for'tbat'purpose. In thelatter case, the parts D'and F are connected by means'of pins a, on one i part, fitting intoslotsfb, in the other part, as shown in fig. 2.

The slots weprei'er to have inclined, so that the ring-gate would h ave to he somewhat raised when turned, to bring its hole or holes inline with those in D, "w hereby the spontaneous opening of4 the/holes by the motion of a car or vessel is avoided. The ring or slide'F may be operatedby means of a suitable knob or knobs, c o.

Between th body and the ring G, which is'iitted around themouth ofthe oil-reservoir, may be fitted an upright chamber, H, open at the lower end, whic'h can, if desired, be detachedfrom A or not. In the upper part of the chamber are minute perforations, d d, through which gases may escapeffr'om the.reservoir, and through which fresh air may enter the latter. 4lheholes are protectedby a suspended guard,

e, as shown in iig, 2, so that sparks. o r a flame cannot enter thereservoir.

The lower part of the chamber H may also have .perforations, fj`, to allow the filling of the reservoir, such 'holes being closed, if desired, ly meansof a sliding gate orring, I,whieh may operate in a. similar manner as 'the ring F does around the turret D. i

The main advantage-of this invention above-others is, thatthe'ilame vcannot enter the reservoir, that the chimney need never be taken off, and that the gases from the reservoir` ca n freelyescape. A

Either all the improvements together, or-any one or more of them, cumbeannlied advantageously on a burner. i l 

